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BSOD while laptop is idle,only running VLC media player BCCode:1000007

System Instability When Running Windows Media PlayerI have noticed lately that Windows Media Player has become a bit, choppy, a bit laggy. When playing videos, fraps reports a decent fps, and the actual video file is at a fps which will easily display as smooth, however I can clearly see choppy video. When this happens, other dynamic elements also...

Music, Pictures & Video

Windows Media Player Running Slow and StallingI am operating on a dual core 2.8GHz intel CPU with 24GB Ram and dual 550ti GeForce Vid Cards, My OS is run from a single 1.5TB Seagate and my media is stored on dual 1TB Striped Seagate drives with my VGames on a separate twin 64GB OCZ Stripe Array. save me the insults of why I use Striping...

Music, Pictures & Video

Windows Media Player why is it running?Frequently I notice when using Windows Media Center watching live TV that WMP is running when I havn't started it. Does it run automatically when Media center runs? And when I stop watching TV and minimize Media Center to the taskbar WMP is still running and consuming 8-12% of my processor when...

Media Center

Windows media player running in task manager all the...Hello !
I googled for windows 7 forum and this was the first site that came up. :)
So the problem is that windows media player is running in task manager all the times. I have windows 7 of course. Is this normal that its running ? It takes 19 500k of memory.
Maybe it is in conlict with...

General Discussion

Overlay clock that will be on top while running Windows Media Player?Overlay clock that will be on top while running Windows Media Player?
I have found several programs that overlay an analog clock and it looks great. When I run Windows Media Player, VLC or iTunes and go full screen it blocks the clock from showing.
Is there a clock program that ignores Windows...

Software

Running a media player in the taskbar possible?Hey all I am in search of a media player that will run in the task bar or the section next to the clock. It needs to be lightweight but still have the controls visible or at least pop up when changing songs.
I use iTunes now and it's a pain to change to the window every time I want to skip a...